Geneva, July 8 (IANS) The United Nations experts on Wednesday strongly condemned the life sentence handed down to Baloch woman human rights defender and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan's Quetta, describing the verdict as “unjustified” and a "travesty of justice”.
Islamabad, July 8 (IANS) Pakistan is facing an escalating water crisis, with cities such as Lahore and other parts of Punjab province witnessing worsening shortages. However, instead of addressing structural failures and excessive groundwater extraction that has aggravated the water crisis, Islamabad continues to blame India, a report has stated.
Taipei, July 8 (IANS) National Endowment for Democracy President and CEO Damon Wilson has said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses a big challenge to democracy and accused it of using political, economic and technological tools to reshape the global order as per its own interests, local media reported on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) India on Wednesday said that it remains "deeply concerned" over the recent attacks and escalation of tensions in West Asia, following fresh targeting of commercial shipping transiting international waterways in the region.
Kuwait City, July 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah of Kuwait, thanking him for supporting the Indian community’s welfare and well-being while welcoming his vision for stronger and mutually beneficial India-Kuwait cooperation.
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Bangladesh’s newly enacted data protection law contains no mandatory breach notification requirement even after the Shwapno supermarket ransom case that compromised data of forty lakh registered customers, a new report has said.
Jakarta, July 8 (IANS) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian community members in Indonesia, he talked about India’s fast growth trajectory with the mantra of ‘reform, perform and transform’ and also underlined how the country’s self-reliance was serving as a multiplying force for the region as a whole.
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) A Right to Information inquiry has found that the Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), operated by a Chinese company, has evaded Municipal C Council assessment taxes totalling over LKR 125.9 million, a new report has said.
Melbourne, July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Melbourne late Friday evening, Australia time, on the second leg of his three-nation tour.
Auckland, July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit New Zealand on July 10-11, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in the past four decades and also a significant milestone in the growing relationship between the two nations.
